#plagiarism

Anticipatory plagiarism occurs when someone steals your original idea and publishes it a hundred years before you were born. ↗

— Robert K. Merton

#plagiarism #humor

Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home. ↗

— Zelda Fitzgerald

#believe #fitzgerald #his #home #how

I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#could #exactly #falling #falling in love #good

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism. ↗

— Gilbert Gottfried

#i #i think #influence #nice #plagiarism

Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#biggest #biggest thing #hollywood #plagiarism #thing

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#down #erudition #moderns #plagiarism #steal

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. ↗

— Howard Dietz

#composers #interferes #much #plagiarism #their

I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism. ↗

— Will McDonough

#also #circulation #due #every #i

Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism. ↗

— George A. Moore

#man #plagiarism #something #taking #worse

I get a lot of big ideas, and occasionally I actually come up with one myself. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #ideas #plagiarism #funny